Today's Guest: Robert Greenfield, rock historian,
author, Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones
on the Road to Exile

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Robert Greenfield, rock historian and author of three books packed
with Rolling Stones band stories, including his latest, Ain't
It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones on the Road to
Exile, by clicking on the video player above!Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience
that, when stoned, can’t tell Mick from Keith… in the NEW new media
capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

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If you’re going to write a book about the Rolling Stones at this
point in their history, you damn well better have something unique
to say. Because if you search “The Rolling Stones” on Amazon.com
under “Books,” it brings back – I’m not kidding – 17,812 results.
There are many duplicates, of course, and a lot of books that only
mention the Stones, but still!

ROBERT GREENFIELD podcast
excerpt: "The Rolling Stones get to this awful discotheque
in Brighton (UK) called The Big Apple for a concert. We go
downstairs to go into the dressing room. It's very much 'we' -- I'm
traveling with the band, I'm very much one of them, in my mind at
least -- and the dressing room is locked. You would think that this
is not a major issue. But when Keith Richards is involved -- and
he's got his young child, his son, with him, and Marlon is coughing
-- it immediately became a Dickensian drama of major proportions!
Keith is spouting off about 'The nerve of these people! How dare
they! The Stones don't stand around!' They send somebody to find
the promoter, get the keys. Nothing is happening. The next thing I
know, Keith and I are working on the door. He's got a knife --
Keith almost always has a knife -- and we take the hinges off the
door, throw on the ground, and the band walks in. Two minutes
later, the promoter walks in. This is rock 'n' roll vandalism --
nobody knows what happened! 'The door was lying there when we
arrived!'"

Oh, and in my humble opinion, after Keith Richards wrote his own
memoir, Life, I believed you could pretty much set aside almost
everything that came before it. Not only was Keith’s voice
compelling and authoritative, it was an absolutely fascinating read
from a voice you never thought you’d hear. All of which brings us
to former Rolling Stone magazine associate editor in London, Robert
Greenfield. He wrote two previous books about the world’s most
dangerous band, 1974’s well-received S.T.P.: A Journey through
America with The Rolling Stones and 2006’s not-as-well reviewed
Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones. So
Greenfield – and rock fans – could have gone either way with his
latest up-close-and-personal report, Ain’t It Time We Said Goodbye:
The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile. I am happy to report that
the author has added several new colors to what we know of the band
coming in the aftermath of Life. Goodbye is a cheeky
behind-the-scenes report on what the band imagined to be its last
tour of England before relocating to tax exile in France.
Greenfield tells the story in two voices – the 25-year-old, sole
journalist on the road with the band, as well as the 67-year-old
eligible for Social Security that he is now. If you love the
Stones, you’ll find this tale irresistible.

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